Coal Comfort

January 09, 1985|By Neil Watt.

CHICAGO — I really have not had a strong opinion either way on nuclear power until Commonwealth Edison`s TV commercial clarified the situation.

If training is more exacting than an airline pilot`s, and if devotion to duty calls for blood, sweat and, yes, even tears, then the pressure on mere mortals really is too great. All the hype about safety is nonsense. Nuclear power is a dangerous monster fighting to get loose.

If, by Commonwealth Edison`s own admission, all that training, retraining, blood, sweat and tears are needed to contain the monster, then let`s stay with coal.